Support Grows for Local Radio Freedom Act in House, Senate

Support Grows for Local Radio Freedom Act in House, Senate Two Senators, three Representatives added as co-sponsors of pro-local radio resolution WASHINGTON, DC -- Three Members of House of Representatives and two Senators have signed on as co-sponsors of the Local Radio Freedom Act, a resolution that opposes any new performance fee, tax, royalty, or other charge on local broadcast radio stations. The resolution now has 147 co-sponsors in the House of Representatives and 11 in the Senate.

Adding their support for the Local Radio Freedom Act in the House are Reps. Charles Boustany (LA-3), Doug Lamborn (CO-5) and Scott Tipton (CO-3). In addition, Resident Commissioner Pedro Pierluisi, Puerto Ricos representative in the House, also signed on as co-sponsor of the resolution. In the Senate, Sens. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) and Pat Roberts (R-KS) have joined the bipartisan coalition co-sponsoring the companion resolution.

Reps. Michael Conaway (R-TX) and Gene Green (D-TX) are the principal sponsors of the Local Radio Freedom Act (H. Con. Res. 17) in the House of Representatives. Sens. John Barrasso (R-WY) and Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND) are the principal sponsors of the companion resolution (S. Con. Res. 4) in the Senate.

Congress should not impose any new performance fee, tax, royalty, or other charge relating to the public performance of sound recordings on a local radio station for broadcasting sound recordings over-the-air, or on any business for such public performance of sound recordings, reads the Local Radio Freedom Act.

The 147 House cosponsors of the Local Radio Freedom Act include (new co-sponsors in bold):

Ralph Abraham (LA-5)

Joe Barton (TX-6)

Joyce Beatty (OH-3)

Dan Benishek (MI-1)

Gus Bilirakis (FL-12)

Sanford Bishop (GA-2)

Rod Blum (IA-1)

Charles Boustany (LA-3)

Mo Brooks (AL-5)

Corinne Brown (FL-5)

Larry Bucshon (IN-8)

Cheri Bustos (IL-17)

G.K. Butterfield (NC-1)

Bradley Byrne (AL-1)

Ken Calvert (CA-42)

Michael Capuano (MA-7)

Steve Chabot (OH-1)

Wm. Lacy Clay (MO-1)

Mike Coffman (CO-6)

Tom Cole (OK-4)

Chris Collins (NY-27)

Michael Conaway (TX-11)

Paul Cook (CA-8)

Joe Courtney (CT-2)

Kevin Cramer (ND-AL)

Rick Crawford (AR-1)

Ander Crenshaw (FL-4)

John Culberson (TX-7)

Rodney Davis (IL-13)

Peter DeFazio (OR-4)

Charles Dent (PA-15)

Sean Duffy (WI-7)

John Duncan (TN-2)

Renee Ellmers (NC-2)

Blake Farenthold (TX-27)

Michael Fitzpatrick (PA-8)

Bill Flores (TX-17)

Jeff Fortenberry (NE-1)

Virginia Foxx (NC-5)

Rodney Frelinghuysen (NJ-11)

Bob Gibbs (OH-7)

Christopher Gibson (NY-19)

Paul Gosar (AZ-4)

Trey Gowdy (SC-4)

Kay Granger (TX-12)

Sam Graves (MO-6)

Gene Green (TX-29)

Glenn Grothman (WI-6)

Richard Hanna (NY-22)

Gregg Harper (MS-3)

Andy Harris (MD-1)

Vicky Hartzler (MO-4)

Alcee Hastings (FL-20)

Joseph Heck (NV-3)

Ruben Hinojosa (TX-15)

Richard Hudson (NC-8)

Tim Huelskamp (KS-1)

Randy Hultgren (IL-14)

Will Hurd (TX-23)

Robert Hurt (VA-5)

Evan Jenkins (WV-3)

Lynn Jenkins (KS-2)

David Jolly (FL-13)

Jim Jordan (OH-4)

David Joyce (OH-14)

Marcy Kaptur (OH-9)

William Keating (MA-9)

Derek Kilmer (WA-6)

Ron Kind (WI-3)

Adam Kinzinger (IL-16)

Ann Kirkpatrick (AZ-1)

John Kline (MN-2)

Ann McLane Kuster (NH-2)

Doug LaMalfa (CA-1)

Doug Lamborn (CO-5)

Leonard Lance (NJ-7)

Robert Latta (OH-5)

Frank LoBiondo (NJ-2)

David Loebsack (IA-2)

Billy Long (MO-7)

Frank Lucas (OK-3)

Blaine Luetkemeyer (MO-3)

Michelle Lujan Grisham (NM-1)

Cynthia Lummis (WY-AL)

Stephen Lynch (MA-8)

Kenny Marchant (TX-24)

Thomas Massie (KY-4)

Cathy McMorris Rodgers (WA-5)

David McKinley (WV-1)

Luke Messer (IN-6)

Markwayne Mullin (OK-2)

Mick Mulvaney (SC-5)

Randy Neugebauer (TX-19)

Kristi Noem (SD-AL)

Devin Nunes (CA-22)

Pete Olson (TX-22)

Beto ORourke (TX-16)

Bill Pascrell (NJ-9)

Stevan Pearce (NM-2)

Robert Pittenger (NC-9)

Joseph Pitts (PA-16)

Ted Poe (TX-2)

Mike Pompeo (KS-4)

Charles Rangel (NY-13)

James Renacci (OH-16)

Reid Ribble (WI-8)

Harold Rogers (KY-5)

Mike Rogers (AL-3)

Todd Rokita (IN-4)

Peter Roskam (IL-6)

Dennis Ross (FL-15)

Edward Royce (CA-39)

Paul Ryan (WI-1)

Tim Ryan (OH-13)

Matt Salmon (AZ-5)

John Sarbanes (MD-3)

Kurt Schrader (OR-5)

David Schweikert (AZ-6)

David Scott (GA-13)

Pete Sessions (TX-32)

Michael Simpson (ID-2)

Albio Sires (NJ-8)

Adrian Smith (NE-3)

Christopher Smith (NJ-4)

Jason Smith (MO-8)

Steve Stivers (OH-15)

Glenn Thompson (PA-5)

Patrick Tiberi (OH-12)

Scott Tipton (CO-3)

Michael Turner (OH-10)

Marc Veasey (TX-33)

Peter Visclosky (IN-1)

Ann Wagner (MO-2)

Tim Walberg (MI-7)

Greg Walden (OR-2)

Jackie Walorski (IN-2)

Timothy Walz (MN-1)

Brad Wenstrup (OH-2)

Bruce Westerman (AR-4)

Ed Whitfield (KY-1)

Roger Williams (TX-25)

Frederica Wilson (FL-24)

Joe Wilson (SC-2)

Steve Womack (AR-3)

Kevin Yoder (KS-3)

Don Young (AK-AL)

Ryan Zinke (MT-AL)

The Local Radio Freedom Acts 11 Senate cosponsors are (new co-sponsors in bold):

John Barrasso (R-WY)

John Boozman (R-AR)

Bill Cassidy (R-LA)

Tom Cotton (R-AR)

Michael Enzi (R-WY)

Martin Heinrich (D-NM)

Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND)

James Inhofe (R-OK)

Jerry Moran (R-KS)

Pat Roberts (R-KS)

Tom Udall (D-NM)

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